Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney was on hand to speak about the importance of union labor in the city and the nation.

"Your health benefits, your pension... all that is a result of the hard work of labor," said Kenney. "And all that stuff wasn't given away for free. It was fought in the coal mines, it was fought on the docks, it was fought everywhere in this country, and I think it's important we acknowledge that at least one day a year."

This year a tractor trailer was set up on the parade route to collect donations for the Hurricane Harvey relief effort.

Harvey donations collected in Teamsters truck along parade route at Columbus and Washington. Will be driven to TX pic.twitter.com/p0OIevs1LI